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“I married my husband Ken when I was about 20 years old and we lived with my mother and father but we had to move as there were five of us living in that house. We had an exchange and we moved to Norton Road.

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“It was good because we had four bedrooms there. The children would sleep in double beds and top and tail in bunk beds as well. It was okay and they were comfortable until they got bigger.”

The family was a busy one and they all had chores and things to do around the house.

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Daughter Tracey Stokes, 54, said: “We all had jobs to do. Dad would always be ‘one up all up-do your jobs.’

“Dad would get all the get the children up on Sunday and they would get in the washroom. The cleanest children would go in the bath first, so the girls would go in first and the boys afterwards.

Mr and Mrs Stokes children

Rozanne Cremin-72 years old

Dotty Stokes-67 years old

Ken Stokes- 66 years old

Janet Robinson-65 years old

Michael Stokes-64 years old

Jackie Evans-63 years old

Tony Stokes-passed when he was 51 years old

John Stokes-passed away at birth

Stephen Stokes-62

Tina Clune-60 years old

Jenny Webb-59 years old

Peter Stokes-57 years old

Tracey Stokes-54 years old

Billy Stokes-52 years old

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“There was always moaning from one or the other complaining that they did not want to get in the bath with one of the others because they picked their nose or something.”

Ken would spend the day in the bathroom after that with the twin tub getting the washing done.

Winny said: “He was ever so good you know getting the washing up together and I would be downstairs in the kitchen with the children peeling the potatoes for the dinner. I say peeling the potatoes, they just used to like playing about in the water.”

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Winny said: "Christmas Day was always a day for the children, however when it came to the evening it was always for the grown-ups. No matter what the children would always be in bed by seven o’clock.

“There were too many of us to take on holiday though so we used to go on days trips to Barry Island and that.

“After Ken passed away I organised a coach trip to Blackpool for around 20 years or so. The coach was always full and there were around 52 of us that used to go.”

Christmas time would always be an expensive time of year and as the family grew finances stretched. However the grand children would always look forward to get a gold coin in their Christmas card from Nanny Stokes.

At the top of the door was board and it would come away easily. They knew that as well, so they used to put their hand in the top and slide the bolt along.

Winny said: “Ken always used to accuse me of letting them in but I didn’t know how they were doing it for years. They were just always in the house in the morning as they seemed to know a way to get in the house.”

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Dinner time was always eventful. The children were not allowed to leave the table until their plates were cleared.

Having so many children it was tricky to cook something that everyone was guaranteed to like.

They were guaranteed to have three hot meals cooked a week, something that Mrs Stokes still does today.

Tracey said: “Growing up it was chaos and happy. Never a dull moment.

“We all used to bargain with each other. We would swap the food that we didn’t want for something of anothers. Sometimes I would just whisper to my brother Peter and tell him that I didn’t want my potatoes, and that he could have them.

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“Well I walked in the coop and there was no chicken there. It was a great big cockeral. He wouldn’t let me out he had me cornered. Ken saw me and shouted at Peter to help me and I was shouting for help.

“Ken was crying but Peter didn’t come out. They were no help.

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“After a time we started to keep and eat our own chickens. I couldn’t bring myself to do it to start with. I had to skin and gut them and that. I do think that it put the kids of chicken really.”

The children all went to Coney Hill Infants and Juniors and later Winifred Cullis School.

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Mrs Stokes said: “They were all good children. They still are. Not all of them liked school and Tony used to go and hide out in the hay bales at the farm that was over the road. If you went looking for him you couldn’t find him if you tried.

“We are close and they all live nearby. They come and see me alot. I see most of them each week or every fortnight.

“My first grandchild Georgie comes and gets me and takes me to Spain for a holiday each year.

“Hunter is my 100th grandchild and that is Georgie’s (Winny's first grandchild) grandchild too. I just couldn’t believe it when I was told I had 100 grandchildren.”